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Students’ life-changing trips to other countries altered by pandemic
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The outside of the envelope was printed in big bold type: “Do Not Destroy. Official Document.” Being one who generally follows rules, I wouldn’t dare destroy and couldn’t wait to open it.
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 @ 12:15 am
By: Tom Campbell
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It's known far and wide that the Royal Mum is a huge reader, a word nerd, and a grammar geek. I think I've covered all the bases.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 11:33 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I must admit that when Sirius XM added their Christmas stations in early November, I began listening to them nonstop.
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Most boys of my generation got into a few schoolyard skirmishes. In my generation the men teachers were generally World War II veterans. Whatever the reason for the skirmish it was usually resolved with a handshake. That was part of the character building that teachers of that
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2018 @ 5:46 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I call myself a word nerd and grammar geek. These descriptors can be considered compliments or insults, depending on whom you ask.
Published: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018 @ 1:17 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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My elementary years were spent at a rural school in Tuxedo, NC. Built in the 1920s, it was the same school that my father and his siblings attended
Published: Sunday, April 8th, 2018 @ 7:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The world around us was a lot different one lifetime ago.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 8:59 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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"BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL"
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 @ 10:50 am
By: Bobby Tony
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You to Johnny, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Johnny to you, "A world-renowned Bubble Wrap Popper." You to Johnny, "Huh?"
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 12:11 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Anne Butler Gray, 97, of Wilmington, N.C., passed away Sept. 16, 2017, at Davis Health Care in Wilmington, N.C
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 3:05 pm
By: Announcements
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That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators don’t support public education
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I wrote this Father's Day column in May, as I knew I'd be vacationing in Greece the early part of June and might be writing in my journal but certainly not writing a column.
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2017 @ 6:38 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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You have nothing better to do. Relax. Just take them one at a time. You will thank me once you are done...Or will u?
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 7:56 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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We are right on the cusp of a mile race but have only completed the first 100 yards (days), so it may be a bit premature to declare a winner. But what do I know, I had to quit sports and go to work and they may have altered the course length since 1960.
Published: Saturday, April 29th, 2017 @ 1:28 am
By: Bobby Tony
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That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article was hard to take.
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 10:15 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Inventions make things better...Or do they?
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 @ 10:37 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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After spending thirty years in a corporate environment, I embarked on a second career as a member of the faculty and staff of a liberal arts college
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Well, it was bound to happen. I've embarked on a new writing adventure.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 6:12 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Not one friend or relative of mine thinks that I am a passive person, but Microsoft Word says that I am and who can argue with Bill Gates.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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This guy spills the beans about sensitive information, private information, national security information and he is talked about as if he's a hero.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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The Community Spanish Facilitator curriculum prepares individuals to work as entry-level professionals in basic Spanish communication skills who will provide communication access in interview and interaction settings.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 9:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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They stop and help at the pharmacy counter when someone is struggling.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2016 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Call a library information line? Seriously? Believe it or not, that resource still exists and is used regularly.
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:22 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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